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FY2021 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pharmacology at University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Funding
$31.4M
$31,448,597
Awards
71
FY2021 NIH awards in Pharmacology
Principal investigators
43
43 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#5
of 139 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Pharmacology row of the University of California, San Diego page.

Leads a grant in this department

43 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Tukey, Robert H

    Leads 3 awards · $3,130,610

    • 5P42ES010337-20Department: NIH department code
      DETECTION AND MODELS OF TOXICANT EXPOSURE
      $2,634,787
      award amount
    • 5R01GM126074-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel regulatory events that control expression of the UGT1A1 gene
      $298,375
      award amount
    • 5R21ES031849-02Department: NIH department code
      Lifelong Triclosan Exposure and Fatty Liver Disease
      $197,448
      award amount
  2. Karin, Michael

    Leads 5 awards · $2,320,334

    • 5R01CA211794-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of p62/SQSTM1 in obesity-induced liver cancer
      $726,246
      award amount
    • 5R37AI043477-24Department: NIH department code
      NF-kappaB and Mitochondrial Signals as Positive and Negative Regulators of Inflammation
      $590,745
      award amount
    • 5R01CA234128-03Department: NIH department code
      Highly penetrant and immunogenic mouse models of non-viral HCC that are suitable for evaluation of immune checkpoint inhibitors
      $552,492
      award amount
    • 5R01DK120714-03Department: NIH department code
      Control of Lipogenesis and Hepatic Steatosis by Caspase-2
      $417,063
      award amount
    • 3R37AI043477-24S1Department: NIH department code
      NF-kappaB and Mitochondrial Signals as Positive and Negative Regulators of Inflammation
      $33,788
      award amount
  3. Trejo, Joann

    Leads 2 awards · $2,044,050

    • 2K12GM068524-19Department: NIH department code
      San Diego IRACDA Scholars Program
      $1,579,048
      award amount
    • 5R35GM127121-04Department: NIH department code
      Cell Signaling by Protease-activated G Protein-coupled Receptors
      $465,002
      award amount
  4. Brown, Joan Heller

    Leads 4 awards · $1,681,699

    • 5T32GM007752-43Department: NIH department code
      Graduate Training in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
      $654,613
      award amount
    • 5R01CA218859-04Department: NIH department code
      RhoA and GPCR mediated transcriptional activation regulates glioblastoma
      $546,415
      award amount
    • 5R01HL145459-03Department: NIH department code
      Cardiomyocyte CaM kinase II as a driver of cardiac inflammation and remodeling
      $394,271
      award amount
    • 3T32GM007752-43S1Department: NIH department code
      Graduate Training in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
      $86,400
      award amount
  5. Newton, Alexandra C.

    Leads 3 awards · $1,434,145

    • 5R35GM122523-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Signaling
      $748,470
      award amount
    • 1R01NS120725-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Molecular Mechanisms for Dysregulation of Protein Kinase C Gamma in Cerebellar Ataxia
      $667,016
      award amount
    • 3R35GM122523-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Signaling
      $18,659
      award amount
  6. Chi, Neil C

    Leads 2 awards · $1,344,072

    • 5T32GM007198-47Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program
      $1,290,309
      award amount
    • 3T32GM007198-47S1Department: NIH department code
      Medical Scientist Training Program
      $53,763
      award amount
  7. Zhang, Jin

    Leads 2 awards · $1,335,507

    • 5R35CA197622-07Department: NIH department code
      Live-cell Activity Architecture in Cancer
      $930,000
      award amount
    • 2R01DK073368-16Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Compartmentalized cAMP Signaling
      $405,507
      award amount
  8. Gutkind, Jorge Silvio

    Leads 3 awards · $1,304,977

    • 5R01DE026644-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Signaling Vulnerabilities for Oral Cancer Prevention
      $491,893
      award amount
    • 5R01DE026870-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the EGFR-PI3K/mTOR Signaling Circuitry: A Network-Based Approach for Oral Cancer Precision Therapy
      $467,098
      award amount
    • 5R25CA221779-03Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary Educational Approach to Reducing Cancer Disparities
      $345,986
      award amount
  9. Handel, Tracy M

    Leads 2 awards · $1,168,356

    • 1R01AI161880-01Department: NIH department code
      It's a tug of war: structure, consequences, and inhibition of CXCR4 and ACKR3 responses to lymphocyte chemoattractant CXCL12
      $700,091
      award amount
    • 5R01GM136202-02Department: NIH department code
      Signaling circuits that drive cell movement and ligand scavenging by chemokine receptor CCR2
      $468,265
      award amount
  10. Reznik, Vivian

    Leads 3 awards · $1,087,358

    • 5R25HL145817-03Department: NIH department code
      UCSD PRIDE Faculty Development Program in Cardiovascular Sciences
      $469,800
      award amount
    • 5R25AI147376-02Department: NIH department code
      UC San Diego RAPID Faculty Development Program in Infectious Diseases
      $350,625
      award amount
    • 5R25NS117367-02Department: NIH department code
      San Diego Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH) Program
      $266,933
      award amount
  11. Gustafsson, Asa B.

    Leads 2 awards · $1,052,440

    • 1R01HL155281-01Department: NIH department code
      Secretion of mitochondria as a cellular quality control mechanism
      $575,702
      award amount
    • 1R01HL157265-01Department: NIH department code
      Autophagy and Megamitochondria in Cardiac Aging and Heart Failure
      $476,738
      award amount
  12. Reya, Tannishtha

    Leads 1 award · $975,945

    • 2R35CA197699-07Department: NIH department code
      Molecular strategies for early detection and targeting of cancer
      $975,945
      award amount
  13. Evans, Sylvia M

    Leads 1 award · $868,083

    • 5R35HL144984-03Department: NIH department code
      Renewing the heart: cardiomyocyte cell cycle regulation
      $868,083
      award amount
  14. Taylor, Susan S.

    Leads 3 awards · $866,656

    • 5R35GM130389-03Department: NIH department code
      Lessons Learned from PKA: Assembly of Dynamic Macromolecular Switches
      $659,947
      award amount
    • 3R35GM130389-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Lessons Learned from PKA: Assembly of Dynamic Macromolecular Switches
      $179,916
      award amount
    • 3R35GM130389-03S2Department: NIH department code
      Lessons Learned from PKA: Assembly of Dynamic Macromolecular Switches
      $26,793
      award amount
  15. Hernandez, Inmaculada

    Leads 2 awards · $768,576

    • 1R01HL157051-01Department: NIH department code
      Pandemic Disruptions of Atrial Fibrillation Care
      $608,990
      award amount
    • 7K01HL142847-04Department: NIH department code
      Patient and System-Level Determinants of Oral Anticoagulation Use in Atrial Fibrillation
      $159,586
      award amount
  16. Hook, Vivian Y. H

    Leads 1 award · $746,939

    • 5R01NS109075-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of molecular probe inhibitors of pathogenic, cytosolic cathespin B in traumatic brain injury and Alzheimers Disease neurodegeneration
      $746,939
      award amount
  17. El-Khoueiry, Anthony Boutros

    Leads 1 award · $725,319

    • 5U01AA027681-04Department: NIH department code
      Immunosuppressive mechanisms responsible for development of non-viral liver cancer and control of its response to immune checkpoint inhibitors
      $725,319
      award amount
  18. Donoghue, Daniel J

    Leads 1 award · $594,157

    • 2T32CA009523-34A1Department: NIH department code
      Contemporary Approaches to Cancer Cell Signaling and Communication
      $594,157
      award amount
  19. Gonzalez, David J

    Leads 2 awards · $592,032

    • 5R01AI148417-02Department: NIH department code
      Contribution of the peptidome to CA-MRSA virulence
      $394,792
      award amount
    • 5R21AI149090-02Department: NIH department code
      Biomimetic Virulomics for Capture and Identification of Cell-Type Specific EffectorProteins
      $197,240
      award amount
  20. Aplin, Andrew Eric

    Leads 1 award · $565,730

    • 1R01CA257505-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Systems Vulnerabilities in the Gαq/GNAQ Oncogenic Signaling Circuitry: New Precision Therapies for Uveal Melanoma
      $565,730
      award amount
  21. Wang, Dong

    Leads 2 awards · $522,121

    • 5R01GM102362-09Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms for DNA Damage Processing by Transcription Machinery
      $451,858
      award amount
    • 3R01GM102362-09S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms for DNA Damage Processing by Transcription Machinery
      $70,263
      award amount
  22. Cohen, Ezra

    Leads 1 award · $499,263

    • 5R01CA247551-02Department: NIH department code
      Co-targeting the HER3 oncogenic signaling circuitry and PD-1 as a novel multimodal precision immunotherapy for HNSCC
      $499,263
      award amount
  23. Skiniotis, Georgios

    Leads 1 award · $482,353

    • 5R01GM083118-14Department: NIH department code
      Structure and dynamics of G protein coupled receptor-G protein complexes
      $482,353
      award amount
  24. Gilson, Michael K.

    Leads 2 awards · $460,668

    • 5R01GM061300-21Department: NIH department code
      Theory and Modeling of Noncovalent Binding
      $402,865
      award amount
    • 3R01GM061300-21S1Department: NIH department code
      Theory and Modeling of Noncovalent Binding
      $57,803
      award amount
  25. Daneman, Richard

    Leads 1 award · $436,387

    • 5R01MH121761-02Department: NIH department code
      Blood-brain barrier monoamine metabolism regulation of social behavior
      $436,387
      award amount
  26. Kufareva, Irina

    Leads 2 awards · $434,261

    • 1R21AI156662-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Spatiotemporally resolved architecture of G protein signaling downstream of CXCR4, the driver of lymphocyte migration
      $236,813
      award amount
    • 5R21AI149369-02Department: NIH department code
      Computationally informed discovery of scavenging-sparing inhibitors of CC chemokine receptor 2
      $197,448
      award amount
  27. Debnath, Anjan

    Leads 2 awards · $434,115

    • 1R21EY032601-01Department: NIH department code
      Latrunculin B as a new drug lead for the treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis
      $236,875
      award amount
    • 5R21AI146460-02Department: NIH department code
      HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors as New Drug Leads for Naegleria Infection
      $197,240
      award amount
  28. Dennis, Edward A

    Leads 1 award · $402,263

    • 1R35GM139641-01Department: NIH department code
      Action of Lipolytic Enzymes
      $402,263
      award amount
  29. Huber, Gary Alexander

    Leads 1 award · $385,760

    • 5R01GM031749-40Department: NIH department code
      Theory of Biomolecular Diffusion
      $385,760
      award amount
  30. Abagyan, Ruben

    Leads 1 award · $384,128

    • 5R35GM131881-03Department: NIH department code
      Addressing biomedical challenges with computational mechanics and big data
      $384,128
      award amount
  31. Yang, Jing

    Leads 1 award · $377,541

    • 5R01CA236386-03Department: NIH department code
      Apical-basal polarity in tumor progression and metastasis
      $377,541
      award amount
  32. Guan, Kun-Liang

    Leads 1 award · $351,518

    • 2R01GM051586-26A1Department: NIH department code
      Protein phosphorylation and growth factor function
      $351,518
      award amount
  33. Bandeira, Nuno

    Leads 1 award · $325,299

    • 5R01LM013115-03Department: NIH department code
      MassIVE.quant: a curated and scalable community resource for quantitative proteomics
      $325,299
      award amount
  34. Adams, Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $323,720

    • 2R01GM067969-17A1Department: NIH department code
      Regulatory Pathways of SR Protein Kinases
      $323,720
      award amount
  35. Ballatore, Carlo

    Leads 1 award · $237,000

    • 1R21AI156554-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of thiophen-2-yl-phenylpyrimidines for treatment of schistosomiasis
      $237,000
      award amount
  36. Hall, Drew Alexander

    Leads 1 award · $197,396

    • 5R21EB028485-03Department: NIH department code
      Point-of-Care Quantitation of Sputum Neutrophil Elastase Activity in Chronic Airway Disease
      $197,396
      award amount
  37. Chang, Geoffrey A

    Leads 1 award · $157,792

    • 1R03TR003639-01Department: NIH department code
      Nanobody inhibitors of proton-sensing G protein-coupled receptors
      $157,792
      award amount
  38. Cressey, Timothy Roy

    Leads 1 award · $141,393

    • 5R21HD102856-02Department: NIH department code
      Enhanced maternal and fetal PBPK models to predict drug exposures of novel oral and long-acting antivirals during pregnancy
      $141,393
      award amount
  39. Sanchez-Lopez, Elsa

    Leads 1 award · $115,920

    • 5K01AR077111-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of choline metabolism in activated macrophage phenotypes
      $115,920
      award amount
  40. Schafer, Christopher T

    Leads 1 award · $70,458

    • 5F32GM137505-02Department: NIH department code
      Biased agonsim of CXCL12 stimulation of the atypical and classical receptors, ACKR3 and CXCR4
      $70,458
      award amount
  41. Ferguson, Lesley Paige

    Leads 1 award · $39,805

    • 5F31CA247489-02Department: NIH department code
      Defining the role of chromatin remodeling complexes in pancreatic cancer stem cells
      $39,805
      award amount
  42. Garcia-Pak, Iris Haleakala

    Leads 1 award · $38,944

    • 1F30DA054776-01Department: NIH department code
      What is the role of blood-brain-barrier regional specificity in the nucleus accumbens?
      $38,944
      award amount
  43. Best, Brookie Manning

    Leads 1 award · $23,507

    • 5T35HD064385-10Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Research Training in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology
      $23,507
      award amount